findmytalk - Lesson Plan

Lesson Plan: BC First Nations Studies 12

Topic: Languages of BC

PLOs:
SWBAT…

explain the function, significance, and validity of the oral tradition
listen to and comprehend a wide range of authentic First Peoples oral texts reflecting a variety of purposes, messages, and contexts, including texts relating to life lessons, individual and community responsibilities and obligations, rites of passage, family histories, creation stories
view, both collaboratively and independently, to comprehend a variety of visual texts representing local and other BC First Peoples cultures

Materials:

Resources:

Course readings:
- Report on the State of Indigenous Language Languages in BC
- Young, M. (2003). Anishinabemowin: A way of seeing the world – reclaiming my identity. Canadian Journal of Native Education, 27(1), 101-107.
- Joe, R. I lost my talk. (Poem)
Wikispaces site: http://findmytalk.wikispaces.com/

Objectives:

Students will be introduced to currents issues with regard to the status of First Nations languages in BC.
Students will consider the causes of language endangerment, extinction, and sleeping as well as the challenges involved in revitalization.
Students will consider broader implications of the meaning of language.

Lesson:

Introduction: Video [3 minutes]

The current status of BC First Nations Languages [10 minutes]

Key factors of cultural and linguistic genocide [15 minutes]

Revitalization efforts [15 minutes]

Language activity [15 minutes]

Students will rename a presented object and consider one of the many challenges of contemporary revitalization efforts

Broader issues and applications [12 minutes]